@James Newmeyer My take is we've negatively normalized inflamm-AGING, a term to describe low-level chronic inflammation which degrades the human body over time. If we remove negative stimuli and improve anti-inflammatory makers, muscle growth can continue into our later years and possibly extend life expectancy. That cookie or that cake for a birthday, or as a treat for a hard day's work, isn't the solve here! It's the PROBLEM. Promote mTOR signaling and promote muscle tissue repair and growth by eating species appropriate RED FATTY MEAT AND FATS.

@James Newmeyer each small bit of education will slowly wear down false barriers in other's minds. Most people aren't aware that red meat, alone, has every essential micro and macro for humans. Or that eggs contain all essential amino acids and fat soluble vitamins. And boom! No other food is necessary to a human. Once people flip their perspectives, and stop fearing the foods that completely nourish the human form, then true healing and maximized loved experience takes place.

My take - The human metabolism has yet to evolve to survive exclusively on protein powders. These synthetics aren't poison, of course, but the synthetic versions aren't in their natural forms making them less bioavailabile. The "food matrix affect" describes proper bioavailable food "utilization" based on foods' natural structure, in particular to animal proteins. With this, "absorption" is different than "utilization." Absorption in the gut, without the cofactors, means protein is less efficient in transforming into functional tissue in the body. Protein utilization, from animal proteins with natural cofactors, allows protein to maximize function in many forms like becoming muscle, enzymes, neurotransmitters, or oxidized as energy. Animal foods naturally come with cofactors like B6, B12 which increase protein metabolism. It's also paired with fat, which slows digestion which maximizes protein utilization. Other important cofactors missing from isolated proteins are creatine, carnitine, CoQ10, taurine, and glycine, zinc, magnesium, and haem iron.

@James Newmeyer I updated the description of the post to read ("isolated" proteins vs animal proteins)

@Travis Miller love it! Can't wait